Album · 2009
Black Clouds & Silver Linings
Black Clouds & Silver Linings is a 2009 progressive metal album by Dream Theater. It runs 18 tracks across 197 minutes on Roadrunner Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.2/5 from 8 ratings.
#18 in Best albums of 2009 · #20 in Best progressive metal albums
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- 4.2 /5
- 8 ratings
- 78 /100
- 9 critics
- 18
- Tracks
- 197 min
- Runtime
- 134 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
Ratings
8 ratings · avg 4.2
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Critics
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- 411mania.com9.5/10
- Sputnikmusic4/5
- Blistering8/10
- Record Collector4/5
- Metal Review8/10
- AllMusic4/5
- The Metal Forge7.5/10
- Metal Storm7.5/10
- PopMatters6/10
- Metacriticaggregate68/100
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Tracklist
18 tracks · 197 min
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Black Clouds & Silver Linings (Special Edition)Reissue · 2009 · 12 tracks
- 1A Nightmare to Remember
- 2A Rite of Passage
- 3Wither
- 4The Shattered Fortress
- 5The Best of Times
- 6The Count of Tuscany
- 7Stargazer
- 8Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley
- 9Odyssey
- 10Take Your Fingers from My Hair
- 11Larks Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2
- 12To Tame a Land
Ranked by listeners
4 rated tracks
According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Black Clouds & Silver Linings is Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley — rated 4.2/5 by 3 listeners.
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About
Black Clouds & Silver Linings is the tenth studio album by American progressive metal band Dream Theater, released on June 23, 2009 through Roadrunner Records. It is the band's last album to feature drummer and founding member Mike Portnoy before his departure on September 8, 2010. The album was recorded between October 2008 and March 2009 at Avatar Studios in New York City. It was produced by John Petrucci and Portnoy, and was engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield. Dream Theater began to work on the album in October 2008. Mike Portnoy described Black Clouds & Silver Linings as, "a Dream Theater album with 'A Change of Seasons', 'Octavarium', 'Learning to Live', 'Pull Me Under' and 'The Glass Prison' all on one album." Jordan Rudess later explained during a demonstration at the NAMM Show for Spectrasonics software (which he used heavily on the album), "We've been entering into the Gothic domain quite a bit on this album." but as he was at a Music Industry trade show speaking about a specific piece of software at the time, debate exists whether he was making an overarching statement about the sonic or lyrical tone of the album or simply the keyboard sounds when using said…
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In brief
- Is Black Clouds & Silver Linings good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Black Clouds & Silver Linings 4.2/5 from 8 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Black Clouds & Silver Linings?
- Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley, rated 4.2/5 by 3 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was Black Clouds & Silver Linings released?
- Black Clouds & Silver Linings was released in 2009 on Roadrunner Records.
- How many tracks are on Black Clouds & Silver Linings?
- Black Clouds & Silver Linings has 18 tracks, with a runtime of 197 minutes.
- What genre is Black Clouds & Silver Linings?
- Black Clouds & Silver Linings is catalogued under Progressive Metal, Metal.
- What BPM is Black Clouds & Silver Linings?
- Black Clouds & Silver Linings runs at a median tempo of 134 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Black Clouds & Silver Linings?
- Listeners of Black Clouds & Silver Linings also rate Blackwater Park by Opeth, The Book of Souls by Iron Maiden, Master of Puppets by Metallica.
- Who produced Black Clouds & Silver Linings?
- Black Clouds & Silver Linings was produced by John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy and Paul Northfield. John Petrucci produced 7 of them.
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- Mixed by
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